This online UVM training offers self-paced learning combined with practical lab exercises. You will learn how to construct your own UVM testbench and get a certificate of completion.
This on-demand video course introduces engineers to UVM (Universal Verification
Methodology), the exciting open-source library that has quickly become the reference
verification methodology for the electronic design community. The course teaches
you the key base classes in the library and how to use them. You will learn about
the structure of a UVM testbench, the core components required for a working
testbench, and how to use TLM communication between the components of your testbench.
You will see how to create transactor classes like drivers and monitors and
analysis components like scoreboards and coverage collectors. You will learn
the best strategies for connecting your UVM testbench to the RTL DUT. Other
library features you will learn to deploy are factory creation and overrides,
environment customization using configuration objects, scalable stimulus generation
with sequences, and how to design your testbench for reuse.
Release date
September 2018Level
UVM 1Training duration
16-18 hours (available online for 30 days)Price
USD 1200Course Part Number
WHDL-UVM-ODVWho Should Attend?
Engineers interested in developing SystemVerilog verification environments using the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) library.Prerequisites
- Introduction to SystemVerilog course or equivalent experience writing object-oriented SystemVerilog verification code.
Software Tools
- SystemVerilog Simulator running on a Linux platform (Provided by Student)*: Questa from Mentor Graphics, VCS from Synopsys or XCelium from Cadence Design Systems
Skills gained
After completing this comprehensive training, you will have the necessary skills to:- Explain existing UVM-based verification projects
- Construct your own UVM testbenches
- Create standard components like test, environment, scoreboard, agent, transactors, etc.
- Define your own transaction Item classes
- Use polymorphic construction techniques (factory pattern) for components and transaction objects
- Define and distribute configuration objects for environment customization
- Use sequences for stimulus generation
- Develop a register model for your DUT and use the model for initialization and accessing DUT registers
Course Outline
- Topic 1 – Introduction
- Topic 2 – Messaging
- Topic 3 – TLM Communication
- Topic 4 – Transactions
- Topic 4 Lab – Transactions
- Topic 5 – Components
- Topic 6 – Component Phasing
- Topic 6 Lab – Components
- Topic 7 – Creating with the Factory
- Topic 8 – Running (and Stopping) a Simulation
- Topic 8 Lab – Environment
- Topic 9 – Connecting to the DUT
- Topic 10 – Sequences 1
- Topic 11 – Sequences 2
- Topic 11 Lab – Sequences
- Topic 12 – Analysis
- Topic 13 – Analysis Scoreboards
- Topic 13 Lab – Analysis
- Topic 14 – Hierarchy
- Topic 14 Lab – Hierarchy
- Topic 15 – Configurability
- Topic 15 Lab – Factory Overrides
- Topic 16 – Configuration Object
- Topic 17 – Configuration Database
- Topic 17 Lab – Configuration
- Topic 18 – Sequence-Sequencer Connection
- Topic 19 – Sequence Modularity
- Topic 20 – Responses
- Topic 20 Lab – Responses
- Topic 21 – Register Access Layer (RAL) Intro 1
- Topic 22 – Register Access Layer (RAL) Intro 2
- Topic 23 – RAL Integration
- Topic 23 Lab – RAL Integration
- Topic 24 – RAL Usage 1
- Topic 25 – RAL Usage 2
- Topic 25 Lab – Register Reset